From: Adrien Nader <adrien@notk.org>
To: "Markus Weißmann" <markus.weissmann@in.tum.de>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr, Gerd Stolpmann <info@gerd-stolpmann.de>,
Mark Shinwell <mshinwell@janestreet.com>
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Obj.out_of_heap_tag, out of minor heap or memory corruption?
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:41:08 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160429164108.GA23973@notk.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a2b256a93395b0237cb2288593e9cd84@in.tum.de>
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016, Markus Weißmann wrote:
> Thanks a lot Gerd and Mark: It was in the C code: A missing
> CAMLlocal(). =)
>
> The funny thing was: It had _nothing_ to do with the piece of code
> the bug surfaced around.
This is why calling Gc.collect can help trigger such issues: it can act
as a checker for the ocaml memory.
> So for anyone reading this thread in the future, tearing your hair
> out in frustration:
> Check your C code.
>
> I hereby confirm the Stolpmann-Theorem: "Its always the C code."
Well, not always. The runtime is very good but not perfect. Still the
most likely culprit however.
--
Adrien Nader
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-04-29 16:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-04-29 11:04 Markus Weißmann
2016-04-29 13:17 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2016-04-29 14:14 ` Markus Weißmann
2016-04-29 14:25 ` Gerd Stolpmann
2016-05-02 8:27 ` Sébastien Hinderer
2016-05-02 14:30 ` Gabriel Scherer
2016-05-03 15:59 ` Boris Yakobowski
2016-04-29 14:57 ` Mark Shinwell
2016-04-29 15:41 ` Markus Weißmann
2016-04-29 16:41 ` Adrien Nader [this message]
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